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With the nominations for the 15th Annual Star Screen Awards being made official, Bollywood’s award season has finally begun. Initiated by Ananya Goenka, of The Indian Express Group, Star Screen Awards date back to the year 1994. Unlike the other "popular" awards of Bollywood, Screen Awards are the only ones given by the film fraternity to the film fraternity, by way of a jury. The entire nomination and selection procedure for Star Screen Awards is quite similar to that of the Oscars i.e. it is done by a panel of distinguished professionals, from the industry itself. Taking a lead amongst all the Bollywood awards, Star Screen Awards have released nominations for the year 2009, for the ceremony that is going to take place on 14th January.

Best Film

* A Wednesday
* Ghajini
* Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Jodhaa Akbar
* Rock On!!
* Sarkar Raj

Best Director

* A. R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
* Abbas Tyrewala - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On
* Ashutosh Gowarikar - Jodhaa Akbar
* Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
* Ram Gopal Varma - Sarkar Raj

Best Actor (Male)

* Aamir Khan - Ghajini
* Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
* Akshay Kumar - Singh Is Kinng
* Amitabh Bachchan - Sarkar Raj
* Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar
* Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday
* Ranbir Kapoor - Bachna Ae Haseeno
* Shahrukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Actor (Female)

* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar
* Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini
* Genelia D’souza - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Kajol - U Me Aur Hum
* Priyanka Chopra - Fashion

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)

* Aamir Bashir - A Wednesday
* Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj
* Anupam Kher - A Wednesday
* Arjun Rampal - Rock On
* Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan
* Jimmy Sheirgill - A Wednesday
* Pankaj Kapur - Halla Bol

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)

* Bipasha Basu - Bachna Ae Haseeno
* Ila Arun - Welcome To Sajjanpur
* Kangana Ranaut - Fashion
* Mugdha Godse - Fashion
* Ratna Pathak Shah - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Shahana Goswami - Rock On

Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)

* Akshaye Khanna - Race
* Anil Kapoor - Tashan
* Ashwini Kalsekar - Phoonk
* Dilip Prabhawalkar - Sarkar Raj
* Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Actor in a Coming Role (Male/Female)

* Ashwini Kalsekar - Golmaal Returns
* Mallika Sherawat - Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam
* Rajpal Yadav - Krazzy 4
* Shreyas Talpade - Welcome To Sajjanpur
* Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns


Best Background Music

* Amar Mohile - Sarkar Raj
* A. R. Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
* Bapi-Tutul - Phoonk
* Salim-Sulaiman - Race
* Sanjoy Chowdhury - A Wednesday
* Shanker-Ehsaan-Loy - Rock On

Best Music

* A. R. Rahman - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na & Jodhaa Akbar
* Pritam - Jannat & Singh Is Kinng
* Shanker-Ehsaan-Loy - Rock On
* Vishal-Shekhar - Dostana & Bachna Ae Haseeno


Best Playback Singer (Male)

* A. R. Rahman - Khwaja Mere Khwaja (Jodhaa Akbar)
* Atif Aslam - Pehli Nazar (Race)
* KK - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
* Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Teri Ore (Singh Is Kinng)
* Rashid Ali - Kabhi Kabhi Aditi (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na)
* Shankar Mahadevan - Desi Girl (Dostana)
* Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)


Best Playback Singer (Female)

* Dominique Cerejo - Yeh Tumhari Meri Baatein (Rock On!!)
* Hardkaur & Anmol Malik - Talli Ho Gayi (Ugly Aur Pagli)
* Monali Thakur - Zaraa Zaraa Touch Me (Race)
* Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
* Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh Is Kinng)
* Shruti Pathak - Mar Jaawan (Fashion)
* Sunidhi Chauhan - Dance Pe Chance (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Best Lyrics

* Anvita Dutt Guptan - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
* Jaideep Shani - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
* Kashif - Khwaja Mere Khwaja (Jodhaa Akbar)
* Mayur Puri - Teri Ore (Singh Is Kinng)
* Sameer - Pehli Nazar (Race)
* Sayeed Quadri - Bakhuda (Kismat Konnection)
* Sayeed Quadri - Zara Si Dil Mein De Jagah (Jannat)


Best Story

* Dibakar Banerjee - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
* Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar
* Madhur Bhandarkar, Ajay Monga & Anuradha Tiwari - Fashion
* Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
* Shyam Benegal - Welcome To Sajjanpur


Best Screenplay

* A. R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
* Abhishek Kapoor & Pubali Chaudhary- Rock On!!
* Ashok Mishra - Welcome To Sajjanpur
* Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday!
* Shiraz Ahmed - Race

Best Dialogue

* Abbas Tyrewala - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Anvita Dutt Guptan - Dostana & Bachna Ae Haseeno
* Ashok Mishra - Welcome To Sajjanpur
* Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Editor

* Aarti Bajaj - Aamir
* Deepa Bhatia - Rock On
* Hussain Burmawala - Race
* Nipun Gupta & Amit Parmar - Sarkar Raj
* Shee Narayan Singh - A Wednesday

Best Sound

* Debashish Mishra - Sarkar Raj
* Rakesh Ranjan - A Wednesday & Race
* Resuk Pookutty - Ghajini
* Sanjay Maurya & Allwyn Rego - Mumbai Meri Jaan


Best Cinematography

* Alphonso Roy - Aamir
* Amit Roy - Sarkar Raj
* Ayananka Bose - Dostana
* Jason West - Rock On
* Ravi K. Chandran - Ghajini
* Sunil Patel - Bachna Ae Haseeno


Best Special Effects

* Biju D (B R Pix & Rrix) - Bhoothnath
* David Bush - Drona
* Pankaj Khandpur (Tata Elxsi) - Jodhaa Akbar
* Merzin Tavaria (Prime Focus) - Ghajini & Love Story 2050


Best Art Direction

* Nitin Desai - Jodhaa Akbar
* Samir Chanda - Welcome TO Sajjanpur
* Shashank Tare - Rock On
* Sunil Babu - Ghajini
* Sunil Nigvekar - A Wednesday!


Best Choreography

* Ahmed Khan - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
* Bosco-Ceasar - Zaraa Zaraa Touch Me (Race)
* Farah Khan - Desi Girl (Dostana)
* Rajeev Surti - Kabhi Kabhi Aditi (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na)
* Raju Khan - Khwaja Mere Khwaja (Jodhaa Akbar)
* Snoop Dogg Group - Title Song (Singh Is Kinng)
* Vaibhavi Merchant - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Best Action

* Allan Amin - Race
* Javed & Ejaz Shaikh, Ravi Dewan - Mission Istaanbul
* Peter Hain - Ghajini & Tashan
* Ravi Dewan - Jodhaa Akbar


Most Promising Newcomer (Male)

* Farhan Akhtar - Rock On
* Harman Baweja - Love Story 2050
* Imran Khan - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Prateik Babbar - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Rajeev Khandelwal - Aamir
* Sikandar Kher - Woodstock Villa

Most Promising Newcomer (Female)

* Adah Sharma - 1920
* Anushka Sharma - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
* Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini
* Prachi Desai - Rock On

Most Promising Debut Director

* A. R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
* Abbas Tyrewala - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
* Kunal Deshmukh - Jannat
* Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
* Nishikant Kamat - Mumbai Meri Jaan
* Rajkumar Gupta - Aamir
* Tarun Mansukhani - Dostana